Captain China (1950)
Hitting the screen with the force of a raging typhoon!
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon, Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on as a common seaman on a vessel captain by his former first mate Brendensen. There's no love lost between the two men, and their mutual animosity is intensified when both fall in love with beautiful passenger.
- Date of release
- 1950-02-02
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Romance
- Director
- Lewis R. Foster
Casting
- John Payne — Charles S. Chinnough
- Gail Russell — Kim Mitchell
- Jeffrey Lynn — Capt. George Brendensen
- Lon Chaney Jr. — Red Lynch
- Edgar Bergen — Mr. Haasvelt
- Michael O'Shea — Trask
- Ellen Corby — Miss Endicott
- Robert Armstrong — Keegan
- John Qualen — Geech
- Ilka Grüning — Mrs. Marguerite Haasvelt
- Denver Pyle — Steve
- Keith Richards — Alberts
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